The State police have declared written test results for the recruitment to 1,000 posts of constables of the Civilian Police, Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and firemen on Wednesday. One can see th results on police department’s website uttarakhandpolice.uk.gov.in. The districts had already declared physical test results earlier and the district police heads have been directed to declare final result of tests (adding physical test, written test and implementing reservation policy) for selected posts of constables by January 27, said Director General of Police BS Sidhu. Some districts may start declaring final results of selected posts of constables in two /three days.
Sidhu said that the selected policemen would undergo nine months’ department training in state- based training centres. He expressed hope that the State would have 1000 trained policemen before Ardha Kumbh starts in January 2015. The written test was conducted by Uttarakhand Technical Education Council on October 19 at district- based centres in the state.
The police department had earlier advertised for 350 posts of constables, but later the figure was raised to 651 at the behest of the Chief Minister Harish Rawat. A total of 23,131out of 23, 690 candidates who have passed their physical test had appeared in this examination for 1001 posts. Following High Court order, the State police had declared results for 1000 posts for the recruitment of constables. One post has been kept vacant in Nainital district, he added.
The police department had conducted recruitment process for 191 posts of Civil Police, firemen and PAC personnel in Haridwar while 168 posAts in Dehradun, 163 in Udham Singh Nagar, 95 in Nainital, 32 in Uttarkashi, 61 in Tehri, 39 in Chamoli, 24 in Rudraprayag, 68 in Pauri, 61 in Almora, 26 in Bageshwar, 26 in Champawat and 47 in Pithoragarh.
It should be mentioned here that the State has around 26, 000 police personnel of various ranks and the Civilian Police serve only 40 per cent of the area of Uttarakhand. There are at present 7, 382 constables in the Civilian Police and 1086 female constables, it is learnt.